This is an analysis of the poem Notturno that begins with:
Select a dark night and in a field, unpeopled, naked,
dip into gray twilight.... May the air, having fanned, becalm,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbXaXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011100110010 10011110110101 101100011101 10110101 1011110110101 00110101101 1000100100010100 111111111101010 0101010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 494
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Notturno;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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